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My husband asked me to change my shorts to leggings because men were in the house working!!!!!

133 replies

bananamuffin89 · 12/05/2022 20:10

I was wearing shorts... we had men in the house doing work and my husband asked me if I was changing into leggings??
He said they would be 'looking at my hole'
What the helllllllll!!

I didn't change and we haven't mentioned it.

OP posts:
bananamuffin89 · 12/05/2022 22:43

150poundrebate · 12/05/2022 22:35

I’m having difficulty understanding some of your responses here, OP. Do you think this is funny? Did you post it thinking we’d all find it funny? As it’s really not.

How did you respond to your husband? Does he often speak to you like this? If so, are you alright with it?

not at all, the original post isnt funny. its a serious matter, and it was posted with the intention of getting other point of views, which i have. However, i am laughing at the likes of this below.. some replies are amusing and it looks like others think so too..

'springtimeishereagain · 12/05/2022 22:29
BingeBitch
The only hole you need to worry about is your husband.
👏👏😂😂'

back to the subject, no nothing like this before so just to confirm - I am NOT laughing at the OP

OP posts:
AnAfternoonWalk · 12/05/2022 22:46

What he said was crass, vulgar, and reeks of no class and lack of the most basic grasp of manners. Just in case all the replies breaking it to you gently didn’t penetrate. Which judging by your inane, inexplicable glee, they didn’t.

I have a feeling the plumber felt disdain for the both of you.

Put the leggings over your head, one leg for your head and the other leg for your husband. That way you’ll both look as dumb as you act.

chickywoo · 12/05/2022 22:46

Would you normally wear the shorts out and about? If not maybe he’s just thinking of you- for example if he knows you wouldn’t feel comfortable wearing them in public then why would you wear them In front of strangers at home. Maybe this was his thinking?
Or maybe not 😉just a thought, if you like him give him the benefit of the doubt 😆

Sharrowgirl · 12/05/2022 23:02

allboysherebutme · 12/05/2022 21:59

I don't like the language he used but I will admit, I would not wear shorts or a short skirt if I had workmen in. Just incase they got the wrong end of the stick. X

The wrong end of the stick?

youvegottenminuteslynn · 12/05/2022 23:06

@allboysherebutme

I don't like the language he used but I will admit, I would not wear shorts or a short skirt if I had workmen in. Just incase they got the wrong end of the stick. X

What do you mean by this? That if we wear shorts or a short skirt we should expect men to assume we want to shag them?!

150poundrebate · 12/05/2022 23:09

bananamuffin89 · 12/05/2022 22:43

not at all, the original post isnt funny. its a serious matter, and it was posted with the intention of getting other point of views, which i have. However, i am laughing at the likes of this below.. some replies are amusing and it looks like others think so too..

'springtimeishereagain · 12/05/2022 22:29
BingeBitch
The only hole you need to worry about is your husband.
👏👏😂😂'

back to the subject, no nothing like this before so just to confirm - I am NOT laughing at the OP

Okay, so I’ll ask again. How did you respond to your husband? Does he often speak to you like this?

arethereanyleftatall · 12/05/2022 23:19

What would the reply be?
No one I would ever go out with would ever say anything like that. If I thought they were likely to, I would have dumped them.

CandidClarisse · 12/05/2022 23:20

Wow, did he say this in front of the men? Unless you had your arse hanging out of the bottom of them or they were crotchless then he's being weird!

Was one of the men attractive? Just asking as you said he's not usually the jealous type!

GentlemanJay · 12/05/2022 23:25

A case of a man judging other men by his own standards. Lol.

Herejustforthisone · 12/05/2022 23:26

allboysherebutme · 12/05/2022 21:59

I don't like the language he used but I will admit, I would not wear shorts or a short skirt if I had workmen in. Just incase they got the wrong end of the stick. X

Let’s hope you’re never on the jury at a rape trial. Fucking hell.

whynotwhatknot · 12/05/2022 23:27

Are you allowed out inthese shorts

what a knob

Nancydrawn · 12/05/2022 23:40

bananamuffin89 · 12/05/2022 22:26

im laughing at some peoples replies because they did actually make me laugh out loud

Fair enough, and I apologize. I have a visceral disgust towards husbands policing wives' bodies, but that's not at all directed at you. I'm deep into Under the Banner of Heaven and seething. Good luck!

TheOrigRights · 12/05/2022 23:43

Obviously he's an idiot, but what he suggested doesn't even make sense if his aim was to have your bottom more covered. If they were loose shorts then leggings would show the form of your bottom more, if they were fitted shorts then the only difference leggings would make would be to cover more of your legs, not your ermm hole.

TheOrigRights · 12/05/2022 23:46

My response would have been "I'll stay as I am, I am comfortable".

DaisyQuakeJohnson · 12/05/2022 23:47

I think I'm getting too old for this place - all the extra letters; all the exclamation marks; and a thread a day about 'men' telling 'women' what to wear that forces them to run to MN to check if that's ok or not. Hmm

Squeezyhug · 12/05/2022 23:52

He’s an arsehole
glad you ignored

As previous poster said … if he feels you may be threatened by strange men in your home, why is he allowing them in ?

Mariposista · 12/05/2022 23:55

What the heck??? The day my husband makes a comment about what I wear at home is the day he can say goodbye to sex for a very, very long time!

Wouldyabeguilty · 12/05/2022 23:58

Ha ha you have to be Irish. I recognise that turn of phrase.

Cantbelieveit101 · 13/05/2022 01:17

Was he wearing shorts and then changed into long pants?

His comments are wrong on so many levels.
I would be livid if I was spoken to like this.

Fraaahnces · 13/05/2022 01:23

The next hole he’d be encountering would be his grave… although he wouldn’t be in a position to pass judgment about it.

pedropony76 · 13/05/2022 01:31

The comment about the hole was super unnecessary.

I don’t see the problem though but maybe that’s because if I had somewhat revealing clothes on, I’d always change when someone comes to my house. That goes for workmen or family members/friends etc. Everyone was raised differently

PinkSyCo · 13/05/2022 01:34

bananamuffin89 · 12/05/2022 20:47

lol some of these replies are making me 😂
shorts were not see through, not short so that my bum was hanging out. they are nice nike shorts that any woman would wear for training/running.

is it jealousy? or insecurity?

It’s him judging other men by his own standards by the sounds of it. Poor you.

pedropony76 · 13/05/2022 01:35

I feel a lot of people are being purposely obtuse. If you have random workmen coming into your house, you don’t know if they could be creeps or not. It’s not really about ‘so why’s he letting them into your house then.’ It’s more so about weighing up the risk.

There’s no hassle in changing clothes to something less revealing (ie from shorts with your legs out to trousers) when random people are in your house. I feel the comments would be more valid if it was DH’s own friends and he was suggesting the OP changes.

Anyway I guess the point is, is that OP’s DH asked her to change as opposed to her wanting to change herself🤷‍♀️

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allboysherebutme · 12/05/2022 21:59

I don't like the language he used but I will admit, I would not wear shorts or a short skirt if I had workmen in. Just incase they got the wrong end of the stick. X

Wrong end of what stick Confused ? You're wearing a short skirt , so you want to jump in to bed with the builder ? Are you the husband ?